William of Ely

William
William
Archdeacon of Cleveland
Church	Catholic
In office	1201
Previous post(s)	Canon of St. Paul's; Prebend of Leighton Buzzard
Treasurer
	In office; 1196 – August 1215
Monarchs	Richard I; John
Preceded by	Richard FitzNeal
Succeeded by	Eustace of Fauconberg,; Bishop of London

William of Ely was an English churchman and the fifth Lord High Treasurer of England. He was a relative of Richard FitzNeal and supposed descendant of Nigel, Bishop of Ely, both previous Lord High Treasurers. He was appointed a Canon of St. Paul's just before being made Lord High Treasurer in 1196. He added the position of Archdeacon of Cleveland in 1201 and Prebendary of Leighton Buzzard in 1207.^[1]

A story about William of Ely tells of his attempted escape from England during a time when he had fallen from favour with the King; he was disguised as a commoner but was stopped when he proved unable to respond to a simple question posed to him in English (illustrating the dominance of the French language among nobles and clergymen at the time).^[2]

References

^ Painter, Sydney (1979). The Reign of King John. Ayer Publishing. pp. 66–67.
^ Walter, Henriette (1994). Aventure des langues en Occident : leur origine, leur histoire, leur géographie. Paris: Laffont. p. 379.

Political offices
Preceded by Richard FitzNeal	Lord High Treasurer 1196–1215	Succeeded by Eustace of Fauconberg

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[1] Painter, Sydney (1979). The Reign of King John. Ayer Publishing. pp. 66–67.

[2] Walter, Henriette (1994). Aventure des langues en Occident : leur origine, leur histoire, leur géographie. Paris: Laffont. p. 379.

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v t e Archdeacons of Cleveland
High medieval	Hugh the Chanter Ralph de Baro John son of Letold Ralph Jeremy Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Ralph de Kyme Hugh Murdac William of Ely Matthew Scot Serlo/Serlo John de Langeton the elder Roger Rufinus of Tonengo Thomas de Grimston
Late medieval	Stephen de Mauley Adrian de Fieschi Innocent de Fieschi William de Weston John Ellerker Thomas de Holwell William de Ferriby William de Catton William Kexby Roger de Ripon Robert de Manfeld Adam Spencer John Marshall John Fitzthomas Alexander Herle Thomas Walkington Clement Stanton Richard Pittes William Pelleson William Duffield Stephen Wilton William Brande William Poteman William Constable Henry Carnebull Geoffrey Blythe John Hole Thomas Crossley
Early modern	John Reynald Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/Bedell William Cliffe Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington Richard Byrde John Phillips Henry Thurscross Timothy Thurscros John Neale Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson
Late modern	Charles Baillie-Hamilton Francis Wrangham Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Samantha Rushton Clay Roundtree (Acting) Amanda Bloor

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